Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights:
- a blog post about the Federal Circuit “den[ying] a petition for writ of mandamus asking the Delaware district court to vacate an order to produce certain documents” related to third party funding in patent case; and
- an article about “Pfizer and BioNTech[‘s] . . . countersuit, demanding a jury trial and refuting Moderna’s claims of infringement” of patents related to COVID-19 vaccines.
Eileen McDermott wrote a blog post for IPWatchdog about the Federal Circuit “den[ying] a petition for writ of mandamus asking the Delaware district court to vacate an order to produce certain documents” related to third party funding in a patent case. McDermott reports how this petition for writ of mandamus followed from Chief Judge Connolly’s strict disclosure requirements.
Zoey Becker authored an article for Fierce Pharma about “Pfizer and BioNTech[‘s] . . . countersuit, demanding a jury trial and refuting Moderna’s claims of infringement” of patents related to COVID-19 vaccines. Becker reports how Pfizer and BioNTech are claiming “Moderna is stretching its ‘already overbroad’ and arguably ‘invalid’ patents and is trying to ‘claim credit for others’ work.’”